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Barmakids
vizier
vizier (Arabic, wazir) A leading court official of a traditional Islamic regime. Viziers were frequently the power behind nominal rulers. At times the office became hereditary, under the early
ABBASIDS falling into the hands of the Barmakids and under the
OTTOMANS in the late 17th century held by the
KÖPRÜLÜ family.
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 "Aswat al-Iraq (Erbil, Iraq)")
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Baghdad papers welcome debts write-off, UAE envoy.
Newspaper article from: Aswat al-Iraq (Erbil, Iraq); 6/8/2008; 700+ words
; ...published an editorial entitled 'Arab Barmakids' by Editor-in-Chief Abdul Rasoul...of the United Arab Emirates as "Arab Barmakids," Abdul Rasoul said that they were...and sorrow with the Iraqi people. The Barmakids were a noble Persian family which came...
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The succession to the caliph Musa al-Hadi.(Harun al-Rashid)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...both he and Kennedy see it, to the Barmakids. (7) In his view, court intrigue...etat pulled off in Baghdad by the Barmakids and al-Khayzuran." (8) Harun--or again as he sees it, the Barmakids--had a provincial power base in...
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Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography: Harun al-Rashid and the Narrative of the [Abbasid.sup.[subset]] Caliphate.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the idealized image of the ascetic, ghazi-caliph whose fate is so intricately and tragically bound up with that of the Barmakids "was contrived long after the caliph's death to serve ideals and social interests that prevailed in the later ninth century...
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The History of al-Tabari, vols. 27, 29, 30, 32, 33.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...These three volumes do contain some very readable and interesting narratives about major topics, such as the fail of the Barmakids or the institution of the mihna. For the most part, however, they are episodic and disjointed in their chronicling of events...
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Barmakids
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Barmakids or Barmecides , Persian-descended religious family from Khorasan . They...central duties and was appointed governor of Khorasan. However, by 800 the Barmakids' power and status were rapidly declining. Jafar was executed in 803...
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Harun al-Rashid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The most famous incident of his career was the fall of the Barmakids , a Persian family that had become very powerful under Mahdi...his empire. These grew more frequent after the fall of the Barmakids, who were adroit statesmen. After this Harun's prime minister...
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Harun ar-Rashid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The most famous incident of his career was the fall of the Barmakids , a Persian family that had become very powerful under Mahdi...his empire. These grew more frequent after the fall of the Barmakids, who were adroit statesmen. After this Harun's prime minister...
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Balkh
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...stupas. Conquered by the Arabs in the 8th cent., it became important in the world of Islam as the original home of the Barmakids . Under the Abbasid caliphate its fame as a center of learning earned Balkh the title "mother of cities." The city was...
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Abu Jafar ibn Muhammad al-Mansur
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...served as director of finance, was active in the founding of Baghdad, and inaugurated the influence of the Barmacides, or Barmakids. Al-Mansur had an active interest in literature and was renowned as a public speaker but otherwise lived a simple life...
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